Kolkata panchang, 3 August 2026
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 21:09 Ashadha month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:48 – 08:26
- Yamaganda 10:04 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:16 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:45 – 15:38
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:15 to 05:10 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 03:42 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 22:54
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 22:00 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 21:13
- Karana Kaulava until 11:09, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 22:00 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:48 – 08:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:45 – 15:38
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:42 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:16 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:48 – 08:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:26 – 10:04 | Good |
| Rog | 10:04 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:59 – 16:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:37 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:37 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:59 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:04 – 02:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:26 – 03:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:48 – 05:10 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:48 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:48 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:26 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:42 – 03:57 Gemini
- 03:57 – 06:13 Cancer
- 06:13 – 08:24 Leo
- 08:24 – 10:34 Virgo
- 10:34 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:04 Scorpio
- 15:04 – 17:10 Sagittarius
- 17:10 – 18:56 Capricorn
- 18:56 – 20:30 Aquarius
- 20:30 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 23:42 Aries
- 23:42 – 01:40 next day Taurus
- 01:40 – 03:53 next day Gemini
- 03:53 – 05:10 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method